[Rushton, J. P., Chrisjohn, R. D., & Fekken, G. C. (1981). The altruistic personality and the self-report altruism scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 2, 293-302.]
Instructions: Check the category on the right that conforms to the frequency with which you have carried out the following acts.
Often Very often
More than once
1.
I have helped push a stranger’s car out of the snow.
2.
I have given directions to a stranger.
3.
I have made change for a stranger.
4.
I have given money to a charity.
5.
I have given money to a stranger who needed it
(or asked me for it).
6.
I have donated goods or clothes to a charity.
7.
I have done volunteer work for a charity.
8.
I have donated blood.
9.
I have helped carry a stranger’s belongings
(books, parcels, etc.).
10.
I have delayed an elevator and held the door open for a stranger.
11.
I have allowed someone to go ahead of me in a lineup (at photocopy machine, in the supermarket).
12.
I have given a stranger a lift in my car.
Never Once

13.
I have pointed out a clerk’s error (in a bank, at the supermarket) in undercharging me for an item.
14.
I have let a neighbour whom I didn’t know too well borrow an item of some value to me (e.g., a dish, tools, etc.)
15.
I have bought ‘charity” Christmas cards deliberately because I knew it was a good cause.
16.
I have helped a classmate who I did not know that well with a homework assignment when my knowledge was greater than his or hers.
17.
I have before being asked, voluntarily looked after a neighbour’s pets or children without being paid for it.
18.
I have offered to help a handicapped or elderly stranger across a street.
19.
I have offered my seat on a bus or train to a stranger who was standing.
20.
I have helped an acquaintance to move households.